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Because thinking makes you LESS susceptible to these things you're afraid of beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 06/06/2011 05:27:26 PM
To go back to an earlier example, if you see 50 movies about murders and explosions, you'll definitely become a bit inured. On the other hand, if you read 50 murder mysteries, each one with a different characters, with different motivations, different examples on the ramifications of murder, then you're much more likely to say, "Hm. Murder is bad."


Thinking about things is NEVER a bad idea. No matter what your age.



As for "picking up an unpleasant book w/o warning," that's what reading the back of a book is for. Or... you know, they can just, stop reading. If they don't like what they're reading, they won't read it. If they do like what they're reading, they will read it.
I amuse myself.
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This WSJ article has kicked up a huge fuss on the internet - YA is "too dark". Rebekah - 05/06/2011 03:46:50 PM 2051 Views
There's only one thing about this literature that disturbs me Tom - 05/06/2011 05:39:35 PM 1004 Views
This is a thought out, finely articulated response. beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 06:47:13 PM 1043 Views
If it were just vampires that would be just fine Tom - 05/06/2011 08:03:02 PM 824 Views
People have been complaining about this since the novel was invented beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 11:02:58 PM 895 Views
This is different. Tom - 06/06/2011 01:56:56 AM 899 Views
Apparently the article did paint far too bleak a picture, Rebekah - 06/06/2011 12:39:46 PM 983 Views
Why waste time with "YA literature" at all? Tom - 06/06/2011 02:14:03 PM 760 Views
Re: Why waste time with "YA literature" at all? Rebekah - 06/06/2011 02:28:42 PM 719 Views
I think that's a post factum justification, not a reason. Tom - 06/06/2011 05:08:09 PM 908 Views
Maybe. It's hard to separate, I think. Rebekah - 07/06/2011 01:06:29 PM 948 Views
One certainly has to choose the real literature to present, certainly. Tom - 07/06/2011 02:27:00 PM 968 Views
Very good post. Legolas - 06/06/2011 08:52:22 PM 780 Views
You seem to be the only one who thinks so. *NM* Tom - 07/06/2011 01:17:18 AM 278 Views
I don't think it's a bad post... I just think that the "despair" is a teen fad, and not as bad as beetnemesis - 07/06/2011 03:19:03 AM 1042 Views
Suicide rates have gone up significantly Tom - 07/06/2011 02:42:55 PM 717 Views
Heh. beetnemesis - 08/06/2011 07:24:44 PM 1022 Views
you are having trouble finding cultural ideas that turned bad? random thoughts - 08/06/2011 11:56:23 PM 939 Views
The classic problem of the overprotective parent- underestimating your kids beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 05:33:54 AM 877 Views
the classic problem of people who have no idea what they are talking about random thoughts - 09/06/2011 04:16:25 PM 828 Views
Are you really equating reading about trauma with trauma? They are not the same. *NM* lord-of-shadow - 09/06/2011 07:10:34 PM 291 Views
The Diary of Anne Frank? Seriously? Legolas - 10/06/2011 08:13:47 PM 862 Views
I'm sure the percentage of good books must be higher than they make it sound, nossy - 05/06/2011 05:53:21 PM 1074 Views
I'd say books offer a fundamentally different experience than movies beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 06:53:55 PM 998 Views
I'm not sure that makes a difference here. nossy - 06/06/2011 04:47:05 AM 1000 Views
Because thinking makes you LESS susceptible to these things you're afraid of beetnemesis - 06/06/2011 05:27:26 PM 1030 Views
I don't completely agree with that. nossy - 06/06/2011 07:26:21 PM 985 Views
I feel like I just can't relate to parents determined to shelter their kids from everything beetnemesis - 06/06/2011 10:21:44 PM 975 Views
I don't think that is what this is. nossy - 06/06/2011 10:41:06 PM 875 Views
I suppose I'm giving a lot of credit to the status of "reader" beetnemesis - 07/06/2011 03:08:48 AM 868 Views
Your response is about where I sit. Rebekah - 06/06/2011 12:30:04 PM 880 Views
Nope, this is stupid beetnemesis - 05/06/2011 06:38:51 PM 869 Views
To think the content described is acceptable, when they ban "Huck Finn" for using 'nigger'. *NM* Macharius - 05/06/2011 09:45:15 PM 309 Views
CNN: "On a website, a person named 'Macharius' used the 'N-word'". Tom - 06/06/2011 01:58:35 AM 762 Views
Parents have the right and resonsibility to know what their children are reading random thoughts - 06/06/2011 03:41:22 AM 792 Views
Re: Parents have the right and resonsibility to know what their children are reading Rebekah - 06/06/2011 12:40:24 PM 926 Views
I'd argue if you're old enough to be interested in the subject matter, you're old enough to read it beetnemesis - 06/06/2011 05:32:33 PM 1055 Views
well so far you have failed to make the argument random thoughts - 07/06/2011 04:22:00 AM 978 Views
Depends on the subject matter. Rebekah - 07/06/2011 01:07:57 PM 804 Views
Basically? Yes. beetnemesis - 07/06/2011 06:42:04 PM 1049 Views
why do think there is value in letting them read whatever they want? random thoughts - 07/06/2011 06:52:20 PM 717 Views
Don't be an idiot. beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 05:25:26 AM 901 Views
I am being an idiot? random thoughts - 09/06/2011 04:10:28 PM 891 Views
I wasn't calling you an idiot for disagreeing with me. beetnemesis - 09/06/2011 04:44:37 PM 944 Views
Do we restrict access or alter parenting? fionwe1987 - 06/06/2011 04:31:13 AM 1100 Views
Well, I wrote a long piece related to this Larry - 06/06/2011 05:21:06 AM 989 Views
Great post. She really tries to muddy the waters relating to censorship and parenting. Ghavrel - 06/06/2011 08:05:21 AM 871 Views
She kind of conflates some issues that are quite different, if you ask me. Legolas - 06/06/2011 08:47:33 PM 926 Views
A+++ would read this reply again *NM* beetnemesis - 06/06/2011 10:23:11 PM 292 Views
+1 *NM* Darth_Katie - 07/06/2011 01:12:16 AM 279 Views
Wait wait wait wait wait... NYT reviewed Game of Thrones? I must read this beetnemesis - 07/06/2011 03:20:08 AM 803 Views
I think he's talking about the review of the tv show they did. Darth_Katie - 07/06/2011 03:30:19 AM 735 Views
Indeed. Everything she said. *NM* Legolas - 07/06/2011 06:13:20 PM 261 Views
it does take a lot of work to keep track of your kids random thoughts - 07/06/2011 05:02:55 AM 941 Views
*I agree with this* *NM* Stephen - 07/06/2011 01:18:58 PM 343 Views
Having now read one of the books mentioned, Cheryl Rainfield's Scars... Larry - 08/06/2011 02:18:23 AM 1027 Views
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